An awesome place I've visited:

A cossack skills camp in the Carpathian Mountains, Ukraine

My life history in 5 sentences or fewer:

Born in Solihull; educated in South of England; have lived in Barcelona and the American Midwest; have travelled widely. Currently writing a book about the modern Indian sexual revolution

Obscure knowledge I possess:

A smattering of Cornish (language)

For me, a first date no-no is:

Attempts to pop psychoanalyse my dress and posture

A story you should remind me to tell you on our first date:

The one about sharing a cigar with Jerry Springer